Job 10:5
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5 Are your days like the days of mortals
or your years like human years,(A)
2 Peter 3:8
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8 But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day.(A)
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Psalm 90:2-4
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2 Before the mountains were brought forth
or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.(A)
3 You turn us[a] back to dust
and say, “Turn back, you mortals.”(B)
4 For a thousand years in your sight
are like yesterday when it is past
or like a watch in the night.(C)
Footnotes
- 90.3 Heb humankind
Hebrews 1:12
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12 like a cloak you will roll them up,
and like clothing[a] they will be changed.
But you are the same,
and your years will never end.”
Footnotes
- 1.12 Other ancient authorities lack like clothing
Psalm 102:24-27
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24 “O my God,” I say, “do not take me away
at the midpoint of my life,
you whose years endure
throughout all generations.”(A)
25 Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.(B)
26 They will perish, but you endure;
they will all wear out like a garment.
You change them like clothing, and they pass away,(C)
27 but you are the same, and your years have no end.(D)
Psalm 102:12
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12 But you, O Lord, are enthroned forever;
your name endures to all generations.(A)
Job 36:26
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26 Surely God is great, and we do not know him;
the number of his years is unsearchable.(A)
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